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Slappy's Tales of Horror by R.L. Stine

alexus_sb's review

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

slavic_bookworm's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

wolverinefactor's review

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4.0

I never realized how well these would work as comics. There’s a few tweaks and modernizing of the stories but for the most part they are close enough to the books.

I think the easiest one to swallow is Shocker on shock street. Solid artwork and the story flows well for this structure.

It’s interesting that all 4 stories were done by different artists. Most I didn’t know until I looked their stuff up.

Night of the Living Dummy is oddly the weakest of the bunch in every way. Of course this could be because Slappy is only a side character.

Ghost Beach is my favorite Goosebumps book and it’s simple story flows well and the art fit well.

Werewolf of Fever Swamp is a classic Goosebumps book so its great to see it here. Solid artwork but the conclusion flies by so fast in an otherwise bloated feeling story (here not the original book).

I don’t have time to constantly re-read the books so having them in a quicker digestive manner is great.

madigaming's review

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

4.75

misreadmeg's review

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3.0

The first two stories were really good, even as an adult. The third was the most predictable and one I'm pretty sure I would have predicted as a kid. The fourth felt like a flimsy shell of my favorite Goosebumps stories.
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